Word: halte
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...east. Yet although the evening news Monday reported that rebel leader Laurent Kabila had been "trembling" since he heard of the President's return, Mobutu brings no army with him. The outgunned Zairian forces have been consistently beaten and humiliated, and it seems unlikely that leadership alone can halt the rebel advance. What Mobutu's arrival is generating so far is a maximum of fuss. State-run television and radio Monday proclaimed it a "great event" and urged Zairians to "show solidarity" with Mobutu by lining the streets from the airport to Camp Tashatshi, a military encampment with a presidential...
...peace process is grinding to a halt.... Only now can we see the extent of the loss," she said...
...clues are tantalizing. In some research centers, investigators are studying an area at the tip of chromosomes that appears to shorten, fuselike, as we grow older. Extinguish the chemical fire that consumes the fuse, and you might be able to bring aging to a halt. Elsewhere, scientists are studying how the waste produced when a cell consumes food can contaminate its innards, a process that can lead to the body-wide breakdowns we associate with aging. Clean up the cells, and you should be able to buck up the entire organism. Still elsewhere, geneticists are beginning to map the very...
After a mere 120 minutes of soccer, both teams prepared for another 15 minutes, this time of sudden death. The fatigue in the players was more than apparent. Shots and crosses became one and the same, and play almost ground to a halt...
With sirens blaring and blue lights flashing, a Harvard police cruiser speeds down Mount Auburn St. at 1:30 a.m. and comes to a screeching halt just outside Leverett House...